FG Plans To Establish Six Cargo Agro Airports Across Nigeria

The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) said over the weekend, that plans were ongoing for the establishment of six cargo agro airports in the six geo political zones.

 

 

Acting Director-General (I-G) of the commission, Mr Michael Ohiani told newsmen in Abuja on Sunday, that the ICRC was now working round the clock to get it operational.

 

 

 

 

Ohiani said that the cargo airports were part of the commitment of the present administration to boost agriculture, adding that the airport would boost transportation of produce within and outside Nigeria.

 

He hinted that the cargo airport project was still in its development stage.

 

Ohiani added that a lot of efforts were being made in the aviation industry to achieve the Presidential Aviation Road Map.

 

For the concession of terminal operations at the four International Airports, the ICRC boss said that the commission and its partners were currently procuring companies that would operate the terminals.

 

“Apart from that we have what we call MRO, which is the development of a Maintenance, Repairs and Overhaul facilities

 

“As we speak, an investor has emerged in respect of that and so we are trying to finalise.

 

“We also have the establishment of the Aviation Leasing Company.

 

“Experience has shown that for you to have a sustainable aviation industry, you have to have a leasing company so that the operators can easily acquire fleets of planes,” he said.

 

Ohiani assured that the commission was already concluding plans to go to the Federal Executive Council (FEC) for approval to concession the establishment of the leasing company.